Europe
Irish man pleads guilty to 39 counts of manslaughter over Vietnamese lorry deaths
Issued on: 28/08/2020 – 17:16 Irishman Ronan Hughes pleaded guilty on Friday to the manslaughter o..
Questions over testimony of US witness in Nazi guard’s trial
Moshe Peter Loth, the 76-year-old American witness and co-plaintiff in the trial of a former prison ..
EU trade official Hogan resigns after alleged violations of Covid-19 guidelines
Issued on: 27/08/2020 – 08:08 EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan, a key figure in Brexit talks and o..
Greece nods to de-escalation as NATO powers split over Mediterranean dispute
Issued on: 27/08/2020 – 00:22 Greece and its EU allies held war games in the Mediterranean Wednesd..
Facebook agrees to pay France €106 million in back taxes
Issued on: 25/08/2020 – 08:11 Facebooks French subsidiary has agreed to pay 106 million euros ($12..
‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladic appeals genocide conviction at The Hague
Issued on: 25/08/2020 – 13:51 Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic was in court at The ..
UN, rights groups accuse Greece of using pandemic to step up migration restrictions
Issued on: 23/08/2020 – 14:12Modified: 23/08/2020 – 14:17 While numerous NGOs and the UN High Comm..
Strain of Islamic State Prisoners, Families Gnaws at Key Alliances
WASHINGTON – The struggle to make a future for thousands of captured Islamic State fighters and thei..
WHO hopes pandemic over in two years as Europe faces resurgent Covid-19
Issued on: 22/08/2020 – 14:05 The world should be able to rein in the coronavirus pandemic in less..
Italy tops 1,000 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, highest since May
Issued on: 22/08/2020 – 20:19 Italy's health ministry on Saturday reported 1,071 new coronavi..